The day previously, the Walmart in Ferguson was shut down and the National Guard was at the store. Fusion reporter Tim Pool shared a Vine from the parking lot:

The store was reopened Friday morning, with heightened security, including military Humvees, police cars and security guards on patrol.

Early Friday in the St. Louis suburb of Manchester, around two dozen people chanted "No justice, no peace, no racist police" and "No more Black Friday" after police forced them out of a local Walmart.

Officers warned demonstrators that they risked arrest if they didn't move at least 50 feet from the store's entrance, and then began advancing in unison until the protesters moved further into the parking lot. The mostly black group of demonstrators chanted in the faces of the officers — most of whom were white — as shoppers looked on.

Oakland

In Oakland, California, Ferguson protesters targeted the BART public transit system, causing major delays by chaining themselves to the a train car and benches at the West Oakland station to prevent trains from leaving.

Breaking: Major BART system delay due to civil unrest at West Oakland.

"We want to really let the world know that it is no longer business as usual," said Chenjerai Kumanyika, an assistant professor at Clemson University.

Kristiana Colon, 28, joined protests in Chicago on Friday, and said the day was "a day of awareness and engagement." Colon is a member of the Let Us Breathe Collective, which has been taking supplies, such as gas masks, to protesters in Ferguson.

"We want them to think twice before spending that dollar today," she said. "As long as black lives are put second to materialism, there will be no peace."